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l" Pruomxon FILED JULY 20,1901.

Patented septu 15,1908. 4 y

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I sTATEs PATENT y Roscoe .-\.'TRUMBULL, or nicKsv1LLi-:,oH1o.

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To ull idiom it lmay concern:

Beit known that I, Roscoe A.. TnmuxULi., a citizen of the United States of America., residing at Hicksville, in the county of Deiiance and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in End-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved end gate for vehicle boxes/ or bodies, and the said invention consists' in theconstruetion, combination and arrangement. of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is t-o provide an improved end gate fastening which may be ,readily detached from the side boards of the box or body to release the end gate, withoutthe necessity of having to withdraw such fastening longitudinally through openings in the side boards of'the box or body.

A further object is to provide improved meansfor securing the end gate fastening rod.

A further 4object is to provide a novel construction of end gate and of fastening lneans therefor which enables t-he lower section of the end gate to be removed at will without the necessity of having to remove the upper section of the end gate in cases where the vehicle box or body is provided n ith detachable upper side boards and a detachable upper end gate section.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a wagon box provided with an' end gate, andend gate fastening means constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by line 3--3 of Fig. 1.` Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations of the reinforcing and fastening plates wlich are employed on the outer sides of the side boards of the vehicle box to fasten and receive t-he ends of the end 'gate fastening rod. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the lever. Fig. 7 is a similar view of one of t-he reinforce bracket plates employed -in securing the side boards to the bottom of the wagon box or body. Fig. 8 is .a detail elevation of the end gate fastening rod.

The rear ends of the side boards 1 of the wagon box or body are secured on the bottom 2 thereof by means of reinforce bracket plates 3 which are secured to the inner surfaces of the sind side boards and 1n rear of the usual vertical cleats 4 by screws or other suitable devices, the lower ends of the said Patented sept. 15, 190s. Y

and secured thereto by bolts 6 which pass through such bent lower arms .5 and also through the bottom '2 and the transverse cleat or bar 7 which is secured under the bottom of the box .at the rear end thereof. heads of the said bolts 6 prevent the lower edge of the end gate from moving rearwardly. The said reinforce plates are provided near their upper ends with rearwardly extending slots S disposed horizontally, open at their rear ends and one having downwardly inclined front end or arm 9, saidslots 8 registering with similar slots 10 which are made in the rear ends of the side boards.

` The end gate 11, which may be otherwise of any suitable construction, is provided on extending slots 16, 17 which when the said plates are secured onv the boards 1 as by means of screws or other suitable devices register with the slots hereinbefore described, in the side boards, the reinforce bracket plates and in the cleats o f the end gate. The said plates 14, 15 are respectively provided with central openings 1S, 19 which register with the inner ends or arms of the slots. The l lower portion of t-he opening 19 of the plate 15 is eccentric to the said plate and to the said lower inner ends of the said slots and the said plate is provided on its outer side with a cam flange 20, the outer edge of which gradually recedes from the outer surface of such plate from the inner end .21 of such cam flange to the opposite end 22 thereof and the lower side 23 of such cam flange is eccentrically disposed with reference to the said plate. The plate 14 has a socket 24 in its outer side at the center formed within a flange 25, the opening 1S and the said socket and flange of the said plate being concentric.

The end gate fastening rod 26 is placed in the slots of the plates 14, 15, the side boards,

the reinforce bracket plates and of the endV gate cleats to connect the side boards to- The Y I.

getlier 'and bear against the reai'side of the end gate., and owing to tlie position of the saidslots, the said fastening rod may be readilyplaced in and removed from such slots without the necessity of having to move .and is provided with a stud 34 which bears.

on vthe outer side of the cam flange 23 of the plate 15. When said lever is turned, to

' screw the saine on the rod and cause said lever to coact with the rod to draw the side boards toward each other and against the` ends of the end gate, the said stud 234 coacts withthe eccentric cani flange 23 to draw the end of the saidrod to which said lever is attached downwardly into ,the eccentric por-l tion of the opening 19 and'ins re the placing of such end of therod iii the Qwer portions end gate 11 may be readily removed a i L of the slots. To prevent the-,said lever from becoming casually detached `\f;ro'iii the said rod7 the latter is provided ivitlastop nut 35 at its screw threaded end. It will be understood that iv'lieintlie od 26 has been removed from the wagon 'b the that' it requires no vertical movement of t ie A-end gate to remove the saine, so that in the that the wagon box is provided with uppc side boards and upper end gate sections, such downwardly inclined inner end of the open ing, in cinnbination wit-li an end gate fastening rodto lie in such slots Vand openings, and a`lever revoluble on said rod and having means to engage and eoact with the outer p ates on its outer sides having openings coincident. with such slots, one of said wear plates having its said opening downwardly inclined at the front end and further prot y side of such cani vflange to inove said rod ec- 1 vided with a cam flange on its outer side disposed eccentrieally with reference to the inner end of such opening in combination with an end gate fastening rod to lie in such slots and openings, and a lever screwl ed on said rod and having means to coa-ct with such cani lange to move such rod eccentrically and force the saine downwardly into the downwardly inclined front end of the said opening.

3. A wagon box having its sidevboards provided at their rear ends with rearwardly lopening slots, a device on the outer side of one of such boards having an opening coincident with the slot thereof, said opening inclined downwardly at the front end, the said device being further provided with an annular cani ilange disposed eccentrically with reference to the said inclined front end of the said opening, said cani ilange having an outer surface which recedes in one direction from said side board, in combination with a fastening rod to lie in said slots and in said opening, anda lever on said rod, said lever upper end gate sections need not be disturbeib having a stud to bear on the outer side of said in ordei to open the end gate 11.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1 A wagon body or box having rearwardly o ening slots in its side boards and wear p ates on its outer sides having openings coincident with such slots, the said opening of one of said plates being downwardly iiiclined at the front endand the said plate having a curved cam ilange on its outer side disposed eccentrically with reference to the annular cani flange and coaet therewith when l said lever'is turned in one direction to force the said fastening `rod downward into the downwardly inclined front end of the said opening.

vWitnesses:

F. F. ARMSTRONG, T. P. WEBER.

In testimony whereof, I allix my signaturesoV pv 

